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FelinePersuasion -> how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/24/2006 10:11:44 PM)
how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for home sewn bibs, I was thinking 10-15 for a bib, now that probably seems steep but these are cut put together sewn and finished all by hand with gorgious material that sometimes costs up to 8 dollars a yard, 15 to 20 for a blankie depending on how nice it is, or for sets depending on how many items in it and how nice 25

foxglove716 -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/24/2006 10:30:12 PM)
I think $10-$15 is a fair price. Now do I dare ask... are these for real babies or adult babies in the scene? New parents want to spoil their newborns with the best, and adult babies Im sure would pay far more than that for a bib in their size. Either way, good deal. Do you have pics?

FangsNfeet -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/24/2006 10:51:34 PM)
10 to 15 dollaras eh? That's not a bad price at all. You can get away with $15 easy. Anything with a nice pattern on it can go for $20.

FTopinMichigan -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 5:39:00 AM)
As an adult baby item, I think it's probably a fair price. For a real baby....they're gonna spit up on it, right? I've seen functional bibs in a dollar store, so I don't know that I'd pay the price myself....but then I don't have babies here. K

siamsa24 -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 7:24:27 AM)
I agree. If it is going to be used as a real bib for a baby even if it is homemade I wouldn't pay any more then a few dollars for it because it will be destoyed. If it is for adult babies though I would charge more because they aren't going to be wrecked like that. Unless of course you are selling to the rich, in which wase they will pay crazy prices for anything (like the people who shop at Sacs for an infant)

veronicaofML -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 8:51:42 AM)
like the people who shop at Sacs===== ======== what's a sacs?

siamsa24 -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 9:27:31 AM)
Whoops, typing while sleepy is not a good idea, that should have read Saks

fergus -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 9:32:28 AM)
For fun? Charge whatever makes you happy. For business? Charge twice the materials you put into it, plus twice whatever you think your time was worth (and don't undervalue your time). You have to think of the resources you use pluse the resources you will need for the next project. For shipping, charge the cost of the postage, the packaging, you time in packing it, and just a wee bit extra (just in case). fergus

Tempestspet -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 9:40:24 AM)
For real babies, unless it is to go over a dress/outfit for an occasion. Probably too much for every day use. I've had 3...lol... so no matter how beautiful the material, what is it made of? Alot of materials are useless when babies spit up, unless it's rapidly absorbing, like terri cloth. Baby blankets though, that sounds reasonable, but still though...is it functionable? Will it keep the baby warm? Again, some fabrics without being filled, or padded, aren't going to be practical or functionable. And I agree.... do you have pictures? It's usually easiest know by seeing, along with a description. Or, again way off... and these are for adult babies... in which none of the former matters really. Tempest's pet jennifer

FelinePersuasion -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 9:49:35 AM)
They're for real babies, all though I do have aspirations of sewing for ab'ies if I ever had the clientel. Tempest pet the blankies are fleece or flannel, VERY warm, The charity groups which is where I got into making these to give away then got the idea to sell uses flannel and fleece all the time, as well as knitted stuff, all my pictures and things are on several diffrent albums, sony, photobucket. I can give links if any one wants. Vergus I know you can get bibs for a dollar but if you want home made you're going to pay more than a buck unless the sewer did a crappy job, which I don't. Opps that was fox not fergus.

Tempestspet -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 9:56:03 AM)
Then absolutely...sounds like a fair price.... good luck Feline...!!!! smiles

FelinePersuasion -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 10:13:39 AM)
This is the material I currently have cut, and it's been backed with 100 percent cotton quilt batting http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/LoveofCrafts/bibprint.jpg

FelinePersuasion -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 10:17:46 AM)
This is the material I currently have cut, and it's been backed with 100 percent cotton quilt batting You can get about 6 or 7 bibs out of one yard, depending on the placement of them and how big the bibs are, and it all depends on the print too. Cause stuff with big wide print won't fit, you need a small print, You also need to be payed for your time, these last bibs took about two hours, cause they're backed on cotton quilt battting, so you have to put the pattern together, pin it, cut it, put it on the other material pin it, cut it and that's even before you're ready to sew. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/LoveofCrafts/bibprint.jpg This is some flannel spanish sayings material I have not cut up yet. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/LoveofCrafts/spanishsayingsbib.jpg This is some fleece I've hemmed into a baby blankie. It's 1 yard 36x36 but it's folded in the pic. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/LoveofCrafts/starprint.jpg Another flannel blankie first one completed that I haven't given away lol http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/LoveofCrafts/balloonprint.jpg This is my baby doll swaddled in the material lol yes I have a baby doll, she's an excelent prop. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/LoveofCrafts/dollwrapedinblanket.jpg

SirKenin -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 1:57:09 PM)
I know I would not pay it, that is for damn sure. I am sure they are very nice and everything, but usually I found My kids did not give a darn if someone handmade them, they had them trashed in a matter of weeks anyways. For any parent that uses any amount of common sense it does not make sense to pay any more than a buck or two for a bib. The baby pukes, spits up all their food and drools all over it, it becomes tattered and stained beyond repair, you have it for a week or two, throw it out and grab the next one out of the package. Blankets are a different story, but again it will be a very niche market so you can not exactly demand top dollar for them. Most, if not all, people get blankets given to them by friends and relatives on the baby's arrival, at baby showers, whatever. There is no shortage of supply for really nice free blankets. Heck, we had some crotcheted for us. Very nice blankets and they did not cost us a nickel. During the whole time My kids were growing up we did not spend one dime on blankets. They practically grow on trees. Basically, once again price is established by supply and demand. Sure, it is easy to say that your workmanship is worth what you are asking for your products, but unfortunately very low demand and an overly abundant supply dictates a completely different pricepoint in My experience. Take this from someone that is also in business for themselves.

Tempestspet -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 3:50:45 PM)
Yes, but those people who give you blankets....some of them did not make them but had to buy them somewhere. Cotton fronting on a bib is not ideal, unless it is simply ornamental. I used some that were like that. And made sure I had burp cloths and things like that to actual do something with. That type of cotton would make very cute baby quilts and blankets. You could definately be onto something. You could take them to craft shows, or ebay maybe. Or try some locally owned baby stores that will consign them for you. edited for afterthought..... You might try going around to stores and looking at the types of cloth they use...?

SirKenin -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 4:56:58 PM)
I would try making something cheaper.. Something you could sell for a premium because they were handmade, but not something you would have to charge a high sum of money for to make any kind of profit. A $5.00 bib would not be out of the question, for example. For the blankets, I would make something that you would know would last the first five years of the child's life, if not longer. Something like that would be worth paying a small premium for.

FelinePersuasion -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 9:16:17 PM)
Tempest The quilt batting was inside the bib to make it thicker cause sometimes there's just not enough substance other wise, you have to pick good fabrics yes, but sometimes they still need a little help:) Most fabrics don't need the extra help being flannel or high thickness I know of 4 selling groups right now that you could sell online for. and two of them are yahoo groups that don't charge you to list items and do buisness, which allows the seller to keep prices lower. and yes fairs and boteaks and stuff Maybe even stores like once apon a child, they take baby items and give you money. Sir kenin their reciving blankets , they're not ment to last 5 years. Reciving blankets are meant maybe for 6 months maybe 7 how ever long you swaddle babies in reciving blankies. They're ment to be grown out of. And 1 reciving blanket much much less nicer quality than I make is about 15 dollars for two in stores, Walmart's reciving blankies go anywhere from starting at 13 dollars to 20 and they're a lot crappier than the nice home made stuff in some cases. If you wanted to make quilts which would last long long times well then home made quilts would be about 30 ish dollars, because that much more material, that much more expensive, quilters material is expensive ish, and you have back backing and batting, that much more time more effort and more life longevity.

SirKenin -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 11:10:23 PM)
Yeah, I know quilts can get quite expensive. I guess the only problem with them is that they demand a lot of work for the money you can ask for them. I have not priced out a receiving blanket in about a decade, so I do not know what they are going for now. If you can match Wal-farts price and produce a much better quality item like you can, I can see there being a demand for that. I would certainly pay the same money for better quality, although I would not pay more for something that is going to get trashed as quickly as a receiving blanket... In fact I do that on a day to day basis. That is also how I market My products to My clients as I also lean towards the clientelle with actual money in their pockets. heh [:D]

FelinePersuasion -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/25/2006 11:13:26 PM)
hehehe, SK reciving blankets won't really start getting messed up till they start trying to drag them everywhere lol. I made my niece some bibs when she was a baby and she still had it at 8, but as a dress for a doll. I don't know if she still has it though an she's 11 I have a teddybear who;s older than me hehe, he's not a play toy, but I have had him since I was a toddler when we were in germany. Dad got him for me in the PX

SirKenin -> RE: how much do you think would honestly be a fair price to ask for homemade baby items (1/26/2006 12:23:31 AM)
It could be just My kids then. They destroyed bibs. They drooled on them, puked on them and chewed on them. Generally everything they could do to destroy them. Come to think of it, Pooh is still destructive almost ten years later. [&:]

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